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South Africa defend 189 to go on top of table

Josh Hazlewood provided the early breakthrough when he had Quinton de Kock lbw for 18 in the seventh over, after South Africa opted to bat in Guyana  AFP
Hashim Amla rotated the strike with dabs and cuts...  AFP
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...even as Rilee Rossouw was lbw to Nathan Lyon for 7 in the 10th over and wasted a review  AFP
Amla's innings was cut short at 35 when he was run out in the 19th over  AFP
Nathan Coulter-Nile then bowled AB de Villiers and JP Duminy to reduce South Africa to 104 for 5  AFP
Farhaan Behardien and Aaron Phangiso resuscitated South Africa with a 37-run stand for the seventh wicket before Phangiso skewed a catch to long-off  AFP
A patient 62 from Behardien helped South Africa finish with 189 for 9, one more than they managed in their previous game  AFP
Wayne Parnell got South Africa's defence off to the ideal start by trapping David Warner lbw in the second over  AFP
Kagiso Rabada had Usman Khawaja bowled to reduce Australia to 10 for 2  AFP
Tabraiz Shamsi struck in his first over on international debut as South Africa's bowlers gained the ascendancy  AFP
Aaron Finch, though, was fluent from the other end, using sweeps and muscular lofts to take Australia forward  AFP
But the South African spinners strangled the Australians and Rabada's second spell dented the chase further. He finished with figures of 3 for 13 as Australia were bundled out for 142  AFP
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